CareerPlan

Head of Engineering

HoofddorpFull-time2025-07-02 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Lead a 15+ person engineering organization (engineering, DevOps, data) to build and maintain software that keeps the business running.

Role type

Senior Engineering Leader / Head of Engineering

Builds

Scalable, maintainable software solutions and high-velocity delivery pipelines

Domain

Software Engineering / SaaS / Scale-up

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Team leadership, people management, technical architecture, stakeholder management, business strategy, conflict resolution, decision-making under uncertainty, process improvement, vendor management

Preferred skills

Experience in scale-up or startup environments, intuition-driven decision making, ability to challenge the status quo

Technologies

DevOps tools, data platforms, cloud infrastructure

Responsibilities

Lead and coach a team of 15+ leads and developers; translate business objectives into technical plans; manage external IT suppliers and contracts; drive software development practices and code quality; act as a bridge between technical teams and non-technical stakeholders.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC leader